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Drugs in Victorian Britain

Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?

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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs

The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Families fighting for justice

In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.

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  • Ephemera Collection. QV: Drug Industry
  • Nine illustrations demonstrating ways of living positively with HIV/AIDS from riding a bike to avoiding alcohol, smoking and drugs; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • The Addictions Forum in association with The National College of industrial Relations present an international conference on alcohol drugs & HIV : 27th and 28th May 1993 at the Burlington Hotel Dublin 4.
  • The Addictions Forum in association with The National College of industrial Relations present an international conference on alcohol drugs & HIV : 27th and 28th May 1993 at the Burlington Hotel Dublin 4.
  • The Addictions Forum in association with The National College of industrial Relations present an international conference on alcohol drugs & HIV : 27th and 28th May 1993 at the Burlington Hotel Dublin 4.
  • The Addictions Forum in association with The National College of industrial Relations present an international conference on alcohol drugs & HIV : 27th and 28th May 1993 at the Burlington Hotel Dublin 4.
  • The British and colonial druggist.
  • The British and colonial druggist.
  • Francis Cupiss Limited, established 1830 : The Wilderness, The Entry, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4NT...
  • Cupiss' veterinary preparations : "the natural choice" / from Francis Cupiss Ltd.
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